Overdose Revival Award Presented: Beltrami, MN

BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA – In April and June 2022, Nurse Jean Doty, Nurse Janelle Garrison and the Beltrami County Jail staff were presented with multiple patients who were in need of immediate medical attention. While we cannot provide more details due to federal patient privacy and confidentiality laws, we can tell you that this team did not freeze.

Utilizing their training and professionalism, this team responded to the scene and administered naloxone to help reverse an overdose.

This team saved the patients’ lives.

Saving a patient from overdosing is a team effort. To celebrate their actions and recognize all individuals involved, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. (ACH) presented the Overdose Revival Award, an award created to honor those who prevent a patient from overdosing to Nurse Doty, Nurse Garrison, along with Fire Chief Sherwood, Sergeant Olson, Sergeant Schaefer, Sergeant Sorensen and Officers Pederson, Shingledecker, Hicks, Stauffenecker, Murphy, Allen, Oberg, Sande, Pope, Linville, Meyer, and Moore

These individuals performed an exceptional act under emergency conditions, and the action rendered directly resulted in sustaining multiple human lives. Thank you to this lifesaving team for your commitment to our patients’ health and safety. ACH appreciates you!

ACH was founded in 2002 and is the nation’s largest health care provider who focuses exclusively on jails. Headquartered in Tennessee, they endeavor to make a difficult time in their patients’ lives easier.